WO2006057609A1 - Pulp mould and use of pulp mould - Google Patents
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- the present invention relates to a pulp mould for moulding three-dimensional pulp objects that can be used in a wide variety of applications. More specifically the objects are formed by using fibre slurry comprising a mixture of mainly fibres and liquid. The fibre slurry is arranged in the mould and part of the liquid is evacuated and a resulting fibrous object is produced.
- moulded pulp objects can be used in the food industry as hamburger shells, cups for liquid content, dinner plates etc.
- moulded pulp objects can be used to make up structural cores of lightweight sandwich panels or other lightweight load bearing structures. The shape of these products is often complicated and in many cases they have a short expected time presence in the market. Furthermore the production series may be of relative small size, why a low production cost of the pulp mould is an advantage, as also fast and cost effective, way of manufacturing a mould.
- the moulded pulp object is transferred to a conveyor belt that transfers the moulded pulp object into an oven for drying.
- the solid content (as defined by ISO 287) according to this conventional method is in around 15-20% and afterwards the solid content is increased to 90-95%. Since the solid content is fairly low before entering the oven, the product has a tendency of altering its shape and size due to shrinkage forces and furthermore structural tensions are preserved in the product. And since the shape and size has altered during the drying process it is often necessary to "after press" the product thereby enforcing the preferred shape and size. This however creates distortions and deformations deficiencies in the resulting product. Furthermore the drying process consumes high amounts of energy.
- Conventional pulp moulds which are used in the above described process are commonly constructed by using a main body covered by a wire mesh for the moulding surface.
- the wire mesh prevents fibres to be sucked out through the mould, but letting the water passing out.
- the main body is traditionally constructed by joining aluminium blocks containing several drilled holes for water passage and thereby achieving the preferred shape.
- the wire mesh is commonly added to the main body by means of welding. This is however complicated, time consuming and costly.
- the grid from the wire mesh as well as the welding spots is often apparent in the surface structure of the resulting product giving an undesirable roughness in the final product.
- the method of applying the wire mesh sets restrictions of the complexity of shapes for the moulding die making it impossible to form certain configurations in the shape.
- a pulp moulding die preferably comprising glass beads to form a porous structure
- sintered particles can be used.
- a supporting layer with particles having average sizes between 1 - 10 mm is covered by a moulding layer with particles having average sizes between 0,2 - 1,0 mm.
- the principle behind this known technology is to provide a layer wherein water can be kept by means of capillary attraction and by using the kept water to backwash the moulding die in order to prevent the fibres from clogging the moulding die. This process is however complicated.
- US 6451235 shows an apparatus and a method for forming pulp moulded objects using two steps.
- the first steps wet-forms a pre fibrous object which in the second step is heated and pressed under a large pressure.
- the pulp mould is formed of solid metal having drilled drainage channels to evacuate fluid.
- US 5603808 presents a pulp mould where one embodiment shows a porous base structure covered by a metal coating comprising squared openings of 0,1 mm to 2,0 mm.
- US 6582562 discloses a pulp mould capable of withstanding high temperature.
- a pulp mould for moulding of objects from fibre pulp comprising a sintered moulding surface and a permeable base structure where the moulding surface comprises at least one layer of sintered particles with an average diameter within the range 0,01 - 0, 19 mm, preferably in the range 0,05 - 0,18 mm.
- the outermost layer of the moulding surface has fine structure with small pores in order to produce a pulp moulded object with a smooth surface and to contain fibres between a female and male mould preventing them from entering the same moulds and at the same time allowing fluid or vaporised fluid to emanate.
- the pulp mould has a heat conductivity in the range of 1 - 1000 W/(m°C), preferably at least 10 W/(m°C), more preferred at least 40 W/(m°C), which provide the advantage that heat can be transferred to the moulding surfaces during the press step in order for the press to be realised during increased temperature, which leads to a desirable vaporization of the fluid in pulp material.
- This vaporization helps the fluid to be sucked out throughout the moulds and helps the pressure to be equally distributed over the moulding surfaces and thus the moulded pulp becomes equally pressurised.
- the permeable base structure comprises sintered particles having average diameters that is larger than the particles in the moulding surface, preferably of at least 0,25 mm, preferably at least 0,35 mm, more preferably at least 0,45 mm and having average diameters less than 10 mm, preferably less than 5 mm, more preferred less than 2 mm, which provides the advantages with a base structure having a high fluid permeability to enable fluid and vapour to be evacuated from the moulded pulp and a base structure having a high an internal strength as to withstand the pressure imposed on the base structure during the pressing steps, a permeable support layer comprising sintered particles is arranged between the base structure and the moulding surface where particles of the support layer have average diameter less than the average diameter of the sintered particles in the base structure and larger than the average diameter of the sintered particles in the moulding surface, which provides the advantages that support layer can minimize voids in the moulds safeguarding that the moulding surface does not collapse into the voids and if the size difference between the sintered particles of the base structure
- the pulp mould has a total porosity of at least 8 %, preferably at least 12 %, more preferred at least 15 % and that the pulp mould has total porosity of less than 40 % , preferably less than 35%, more preferred less than 30%, which provides the advantage that liquid and vaporised liquid can emanate from the pulp mould.
- a heat source is arranged to supply heat to the pulp mould, which provides the advantage that the moulding surfaces can be heated during moulding.
- the bottom of the pulp mould is substantially flat and free of larger voids, arranged to transmit an applied pressure, which provides a surface suitable for heat transfer and provides the advantage of a form stable pulp mould.
- larger voids is meant voids larger than the voids of the drainage channels, described below, for example a relief shaped pulp mould has a large void.
- a heat plate is arranged to the bottom of the mould and that the heat plate comprises suction openings, which provides the advantage that heat can be transferred to the pulp mould, thereby heating the moulding surface and that a source of suction can be arranged present a suction at the moulding surface.
- the pulp mould has at least one actuator arranged to its bottom, which provides the advantage that a female and a male pulp mould can be pressed together.
- the pulp mould is able to withstand temperature of at least 400 0 C, which provides the advantage that the mould can be heated to at least 400 °C during operation.
- the pulp mould contains at least one, preferably a plurality of drainage channels, which provides the advantage that drainage of fluid and vaporised fluid can be increased in the pulp mould.
- the drainage channel has a first diameter at the bottom of the pulp mould and a third diameter at the intersection between the base structure and the support layer, which is substantially smaller than the first diameter.
- the first diameter is larger than or equal to a second intermediate diameter and that the second diameter is larger than the third diameter.
- the second diameter is at least 1 mm, preferably at least 2mm and that the third diameter is less than 500 ⁇ m, preferably less than 50 ⁇ m, more preferred less than 25 ⁇ m, most preferred less than 15 ⁇ m.
- the plurality of drainage channels are distributed in a distribution of at least 10 channels/m2, preferably 2 500 - 500 000 channels/m2, more preferred less than 40 000 channels/m2, providing the advantage of good drainage capabilities.
- - at least one pulp mould is arranged on the heat plate and that the heat plate has suction openings and that the suction openings are arranged to mate the plurality of drainage channels.
- a male and a female pulp mould are pressed into contact and the temperature of the moulding surface is at least 200 0 C transmitting heat to a mixture of fibres and liquid arranged between the female and male pulp mould, which provides the advantage that a large part of the liquid is vaporised and due to the expansion of the vapour the vaporised liquid emanates through the porous pulp moulds.
- the pulp moulds can be constructed using graphite or stainless steel sintering moulds. These sintering moulds are easily manufactured using conventional methods and can produce very complex shapes at a low cost and short manufacture time.
- the sintered mould of the invention can be manufactured with great precision.
- the sintered mould of the invention can be used 500 000 times with preserved properties.
- the pulp mould may comprise one or more non-permeable surface areas containing said the sintered particles, the non-permeable surface area having a permeability that is substantially less than that of the moulding surface.
- the sintered mould is outside the accuracy requirements it can be reformed by pressing the sintered mould in a second mould in which the sintered mould was created, without loss of characteristic features
- Surface structures on one or both sides of the pulp object can be created. For instance a logotype can be moulded at the bottom of a dinner plate. This can be done by adding a thin sintered layer with the shape of the logotype at one or both mouldings surfaces.
- a high internal strength in the resulting pulp moulded object can be produced using the pulp mould of the invention.
- Fig. 1 shows a cross sectional view of a male part and complementary female part of a pulp mould according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention in a separate position
- Fig. 2 shows the same as Fig. 1 but in an a moulding position
- Fig. 2a shows a zooming of a part of Fig. 2
- Fig. 2' shows a pulp mould in a moulding position according to a second embodiment of the invention
- Fig 2a' shows a zooming of a part of Fig. 2'
- Fig. 3 shows a single drainage channel
- Fig. 4 is a cross sectional zooming of the male part of the pulp mould of Fig. 1 showing the moulding surface the tips of three drainage channels and the upper part of the base structure,
- Fig. 5 is a cross sectional zooming of the female part of the pulp mould of Fig. 2 showing the moulding surface the tips of two drainage channels and the upper part of the base structure,
- Fig. 6 is a cross sectional zooming of the embodiment shown in Fig. 3 showing the moulding surface and the upper part of the base structure,
- Fig. 7 is a cross sectional zooming of the embodiment shown in Fig. 4 showing the moulding surface and the upper part of the base structure
- Fig. 8 shows a part of the moulding surface of the female and male pulp mould as seen from the forming space
- Fig. 9 shows a three-dimensional drawing of a pulp mould according to the present invention
- Figure 10 is an exploded view of a preferred embodiment of a mould combined with a heat and vacuum suction tool according to the invention.
- Fig. 1 shows a cross-sectional view of a male 100 and a complementary female 200 part of a pulp mould according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention. Both the female 200 and the male 100 part are constructed according to the same principles.
- a forming space 300 is arranged between the pulp moulds 100, 200, where the moulded pulp is formed during operation.
- a base structure 110, 210 constitutes the main bodies of the pulp mould 100, 200.
- a support layer 120, 220 is arranged upon the base structure 110, 210.
- a moulding surface 130, 230 is arranged upon the support layer 120, 220. The moulding surface 130, 230 encloses the forming space 300.
- a source for heating 410 see Fig.
- a source for suction 420 using underpressure and at least one actuator (not shown) to press the female mould 200 and the male mould 100 against each other are arranged at the bottom 140, 240 of the base structure 110, 210.
- the pulp moulds 100, 200 have good heat conductive properties in order to transfer heat to the moulding surfaces 130, 230.
- the base structure 110, 210 is a stable structure being able to withstand high pressure (both applied pressure via the bottom 140, 240 and pressure caused by steam formation within the mould) without deforming or collapsing and at the same time having throughput properties for liquid and vapour.
- the throughput properties facilitate the drainage of liquid and vapour from the wet pulp mixture inside the forming space 300 during operation of the pulp mould 100, 200. It is therefore advantageous that the pulp mould has a total porosity of at least 8 %, preferably at least 12 %, more preferably at least 15 % and at the same time to be able to withstand the operating pressure it is advantageous that the total porosity is less than 40 %, preferably less than 35 %, more preferably less than 30 %.
- the total porosity is defined as the density of a porous structure divided by the density of a homogenous structure of the same volume and material as the porous structure.
- the throughput properties are increased by a plurality of drainage channels 150, 250.
- the plurality of drainage channels 150, 250 are frusta conical and having a sharply pointed tip towards the intersection between base structure 110, 210 and support layer 120, 220, e.g. the plurality of drainage channels 150, 250 of the present embodiment has a nail form with the nail tip pointing towards the forming space 300.
- Fig. 1 all parts of the mould 100, 200 are applied with the fine particles that forms the support layer 130, 230. However, all parts of that surface are not used to form a pulp object, but there are peripheral surfaces 160, 260 that will not be used to form a pulp object. As a consequence, these surfaces 160, 260 preferably have a permeability that is substantially smaller than the moulding surfaces 130, 230. In the preferred embodiment this is achieved by applying a thin impermeable layer 161, 261 having appropriate properties, e.g. any kind of paint having sufficient strength durability to maintain its impermeable function when used under operating conditions (high heat some vibration, pressure, etc.).
- this impermeable layer 161, 261 maybe achieved by workshop machining techniques, for instance by applying a high pressure upon these surfaces 160, 260, to achieve a compacted surface layer 160, 260 whereby the pores will be closed.
- workshop machining techniques for instance by applying a high pressure upon these surfaces 160, 260, to achieve a compacted surface layer 160, 260 whereby the pores will be closed.
- other methods of making these surfaces 160, 260 impermeable can be used as long as the result yields an impermeable surface 160, 260.
- FIG. 2a there is shown the position of the two mould halves 100, 200 during the heat press forming action.
- a forming space 300 between the mould surfaces 130, 230 that is about 0,8 - 1 mm., preferably in the range 0,5 - 2 mm.
- 160, 260A has a thin impermeable layer 161, 261 applied upon them.
- the upper drainage channel 150 ends where the moulding surface 130 meets the forming space 300 and the lower drainage channel 250 ends between moulding surface 230 and support layer 220.
- the drainage channels 150, 250 can have its pointed ending anywhere in the interval from the border between the base structure 110, 210 and the support layer 120, 220 till the border between the moulding surface 130, 230 and the forming space 300.
- protruding fibre lumps protruding on top of the slope 260A
- a water stream e.g. by means of an appropriately formed water jet, that will fold the protruding lumps onto the moulding surface 230 being under vacuum, such that they adhere to the rest of the fibres web.
- Fig. 2', 2a' according to a second embodiment of the invention there is shown the position of the two mould halves 100, 200 during the heat press forming action.
- a forming space 300 between the mould surfaces 130, 230 that is about 1 mm., preferably in the range 0,5 - 2 mm.
- the mating surfaces 161, 261 of the mould halves 100, 200 do form a substantially smaller gap 300' than the forming space 300.
- the mating surfaces 161, 261 is somewhat tilted to the left as is shown by the angle ⁇ in order to facilitate introduction of the male 100 into the female mould 200.
- the bottom surface 140 of the male mould is above the level of the upper portion 260A of the female mould, i.e. there is formed a gap between the support and heat plate 410 (see Fig. 10) of the male mould 100 and the female mould 200, which is feasible thanks to the arrangement according to the inventive process where the applied pressure may be directly transferred to the pulp body, i.e. by means of the mould surfaces 130, 230.
- the applied pressure may be directly transferred to the pulp body, i.e. by means of the mould surfaces 130, 230.
- the mould surfaces 130, 230 normally there is no need for external abutting means (although they may be useful in some cases) to position the mould halves 100, 200 during the pressing action.
- the design provides for using the relatively sharp edge between the horizontal surface 260A and the vertical surface 261 to cut possible fibres lumps that protrude beyond the moulding surface 130, 160 of the male mould 100.
- the plurality of drainage channels 150, 250 is shown to end at the intersection between the moulding surface 130, 230 and the forming space 300.
- the drainage channels 150, 250 could have its pointed ending anywhere in the interval from the border between the base structure 110, 210 and the support layer 120, 220 till the border between the moulding surface 130, 230 and the forming space 300.
- Fig. 3 shows a drainage channel 150, 250.
- the diameter 0 ⁇ is the diameter of the plurality of drainage channels 150, 250 at the bottom 140, 240 of the pulp moulds 100, 200.
- the main part 151, 251 of the plurality of drainage channels 150, 250 inclines slightly from the diameter 0 ⁇ towards the diameter 0 2 .
- the relation between diameter 0 ⁇ and diameter 0 2 is at least 0 ⁇ > 0 2 and preferably 0 ! > 0 2 - Diameter 0 2 is preferably above 2 mm, preferably 3mm, i.e. preferably large enough to prevent capillary attraction.
- each drainage channel 150, 250 has a diameter 0 2 that preferably decreases sharply towards diameter 0 3 , at the border between base structure 110, 210 and support layer 120, 220 .
- the diameter 0 3 is preferably substantially zero and at least less than 500 ⁇ m preferably less than 50 ⁇ m, more preferably less than 25 ⁇ m, most preferably less than 15 ⁇ m.
- the relation between diameter 0 2 and diameter 0 3 is preferably 0 2 > 0 3 and most preferred 0 2 » 0 3 .
- 0 2 was set to 3mm
- 0 3 was set to 10 ⁇ m
- the openings 0 3 of the plurality of drainage channels 150, 250 at the moulding surface 130, 230 are preferably very small in order to prevent fibres contained in the forming space 300 from entering the pulp mould 100, 200, and also to produce a resulting surface structure of the pulp moulded object formed in the forming space 300 to be smooth.
- One of the reasons for the pointed tip of the plurality of drainage channelsl50, 250 is to prevent fluid from flowing back to the pulp moulded object after pressure and vacuum is released, due to the flow resistance created by the narrowing channel. Fibres from cellulose normally has an average length of 1- 3 mm and an average diameter between 16-45 ⁇ m.
- the diameter of the drainage channels 150, 250 increases gradually from the openings 0 3 towards the diameter 0 2 and further to the diameter 0 ! of the drainage channels 150, 250.
- the plurality of drainage channels 150, 250 of the embodiment of figure 1 and figure 2 was distributed with a distribution of 10 000 channels/m 2 . Normally the distribution is in the interval of 100 - 500000 channels/m 2 and more preferred in the interval 2500 - 40000 channels/m 2 .
- Fig. 4 and Fig. 5 are cross sectional zoomings of Fig. 1 and Fig. 2 respectively showing the moulding surface 130, 230, the support layer 120, 220, and the upper portion of the base structure 110, 210.
- each drainage channel 150, 250 penetrates the base structure 110, 210 and has its pointed tip at the intersection between the base structure 110, 210 and the support layer 120, 220.
- the drainage channels 150, 250 could have its pointed ending anywhere in the interval from the border between the base structure 110, 210 and the support layer 120, 220 till the border between the moulding surface 130, 230 and the forming space 300.
- Fig. 6 and 7 are cross sectional zoomings of Fig. 4 respectively Fig. 5 showing the moulding surface 130, 230, the support layer 120, 220 and the upper part of the base structure 110, 210.
- the moulding surface 130, 230 comprises sintered particles 131, 231, having an average diameter 13 Id, 23 Id, provided in one thin layer.
- the thickness of the moulding surface is denoted by 133, 233 and in the shown embodiment since the moulding surface 130, 230 comprises one layer of particles the thickness 133, 233 of the moulding surface 130, 230 is equal to the average diameter 131 d, 231 d.
- sintered metal powder 131, 231 with an average diameter 131d, 231d between 0,01 - 0,18 mm is used in the moulding surface 130, 230.
- sintered metal powder 131, 231 from Callo AB of the type Callo 25 was used to form the moulding surface 130, 230.
- This metal powder can be obtained from CALLO AB POPPELGATAN 15, 571 39 NASSJO, SWEDEN.
- Callo 25 are spherical metal powder with a particle size range between 0,09- 0,18 mm and a theoretical pore size of about 25 ⁇ m and a filter threshold of about 15 ⁇ m.
- the particle size ranges includes smaller amounts of particles outside the ranges, i.e. up to 5-10 % smaller respectively larger particles, this however has only marginal effects on the filtering process.
- the chemical composition of Callo 25 is 89% Cu and 11 % Sn.
- a sintered structure using Callo 25 and sintered to a density of 5,5 g/cm 3 and a porosity of 40 vol-% would have about the following characteristics; tensile strength 3-4 kp/mm 2 , elongation 4 %, coefficient of heat expansion 18-10 "6 , specific heat at 293 K is 335 J/(kg-K), maximum operative temperature in neutral atmosphere 400 °C.
- the thickness 133, 233 of the moulding surface 130, 230 is in the range 0,09- 0,18 mm.
- the moulding surface 130, 230 comprises sintered particles 131, 231 in at least one layer but most preferred in merely one layer.
- the support layer 120, 220 comprises sintered particles 121, 221, having an average diameter 12 Id, 22 Id.
- the thickness of the support layer is denoted by 123, 223 and in the shown embodiment, since the support layer 120, 220 comprises one layer of particles, the thickness 123, 223 of the support surface 120, 220 is equal to the average diameter 121 d, 221 d.
- sintered metal powder 121, 221 from Callo AB of the type Callo 50 was used to form the support layer 120, 220. This metal powder can be obtained from CALLO AB POPPELGATAN 15, 571 39 NASSJO, SWEDEN.
- Callo 50 are spherical metal powder with a particle size range between 0,18- 0,25 mm and a theoretical pore size of about 50 ⁇ m and a filter threshold of about 25 ⁇ m.
- the chemical composition of Callo 50 is 89% Cu and 11% Sn.
- a sintered structure using Callo 50 and sintered to a density of 5,5 g/cm 3 and a porosity of 40 vol-% would have about the following characteristics; tensile strength 3-4 kp/mm 2 , elongation 4 %, coefficient of heat expansion 18-10 "6 , specific heat at 293 K is 335 J/(kg-K), maximum operative temperature in neutral atmosphere 400 °C.
- the thickness 123, 223 of the support layer 120, 220 is in the range 0,18- 0,25 mm.
- the support layer 120, 220 may be omitted, especially if the size difference between the sintered particles 111, 211 of the base structure 110, 210 and the sintered particles 131, 231 of the moulding surface 130, 230, is small enough, i.e. the function of the support layer 120, 220 increase the strength of the mould, i.e. to safeguard that the moulding surface 130, 230 does not collapse into the voids 114, 214, 124, 224.
- the support layer 120, 220 can comprise several layers where the size of the sintered particles 121, 221 gradually is increased in order to improve strength, i.e. to prevent structural collapse due to the voids between the layers.
- the base structure 110, 210 of the shown embodiment contains sintered metal powder
- Callo 200 is a spherical metal powder with a particle size range between 0,71- 1,00 mm and a theoretical pore size of about 200 ⁇ m and a filter threshold of about 100 ⁇ m.
- the chemical composition of Callo 200 is 89% Cu and 11% Sn.
- a sintered structure using Callo 200 and sintered to a density of 5,5 g/cm 3 and a porosity of 40 vol-% would have about the following characteristics; tensile strength 3-4 kp/mm 2 , elongation 4 %, coefficient of heat expansion 18-10 "6 , specific heat at 293 K is 335 J/(kg-K), maximum operative temperature in neutral atmosphere 400 °C.
- 112, 212 of the base structure 110, 210 in the first embodiment has thus a theoretical pore size 112d, 212d of 200 ⁇ m, enabling liquid and vapour to be evacuated through the pore structure.
- Fig. 8 shows a part of the moulding surface 130, 230 as seen from the forming space 300.
- the moulding surface 130, 230 comprises sintered particles 131, 231 having an average diameter of 131d, 231d.
- the pores 132, 232 of the moulding surface 130, 230 have a theoretical pore size 132d, 232d. In the above described embodiment the theoretical pore size 132d, 232d is about 25 ⁇ m.
- the pores 132, 232 are preferably small enough in order to prevent cellulose fibres from entering the interior of the pulp mould 100, 200, but at the same time enabling liquid and vapour to be evacuated through the pores 132, 232.
- Fibres from cellulose normally have an average length of 1- 3 mm and an average diameter between 16-45 ⁇ m.
- Fig. 9 shows a three-dimensional drawing of a pulp mould 100, 200 according to the present invention.
- the bottom opening O 1 of the plurality of drainage channels 150 of the male mould 100 are shown in the drawing.
- a source for heating, a source for suction using underpressure and at least one actuator to press the female mould 200 and the male mould 100 against each other can be arranged at the bottom 140, 240 of the base structure 110, 210.
- a heated metal plate can be used to transfer heat to the flat bottom 140, 240.
- Fig. 10 is an exploded view of the heat and vacuum suction tool 400 of a preferred embodiment.
- a plurality of male pulp moulds 100 are arranged upon a support and heat plate 410.
- the support and heat plate 410 is heated by means of induction.
- the support and heat plate 410 is divided into a plurality of locations 411, where in the preferred embodiment up to eight pulp moulds 100, 200 can be placed side by side.
- the invention is by no means limited to this number, but it is rather depending outside production factors outside the scope of the present invention, i.e.
- the surface area of the support and heat plate 410 can be increased or decreased and/or the bottom area of the pulp mould 100, could likewise be increased or decreased.
- the support and heat plate 410 comprises a plurality of suction openings 412 which are connected to the vacuum chamber 420.
- Each male pulp mould 100 have its bottom side 140 being substantially fiat, as mentioned below this may be achieved by machining.
- a machining action of a sintered porous surface will make the pore openings to clog. Thanks to the drainage channels 150 that will have no negative effect on the process, since sufficient throughput surface is achieved by the drainage openings despite the clogging of the pores at the bottom 140 of the pulp moulds 100. On the contrary it will be shown that this is rather an advantage in the present invention.
- the support and heat plate 410 comprises a plurality of suction openings 412 and these are preferably arranged to mate the openings 0 ⁇ of the plurality of drainage channels 150 at the bottom of the pulp mould 100. Since the bottom area between the drainage channels 150 is meeting the solid part of the support and heat plate 410, no suction would have occurred through the pore openings 112 at the bottom surface 140 in this embodiment. The clogging of the pores 112 at the bottom surface 140 presents an advantage due to the fact that this area is in contact with the solid part of support and heat plate 410 and hence heat is better transferred to the clogged machined bottom surface 140 and thereby to the pulp mould 100. The same principles of above will naturally yield for a female mould 200 attached to the heat and vacuum suction tool 400.
- the vacuum chamber 420 is arranged at the bottom of the support and heat plate 410.
- a plurality of spatial elements 421 are arranged to support the heat plate 410 and prevent the support and heat plate 410 from bend deformations due to the negative pressure in the vacuum chamber 420.
- An isolation plate 430 is arranged to the bottom of the vacuum chamber 420. The task appointed for the isolations plate 430 is to prevent heat from the support and heat plate 410 to transfer further to the process equipment.
- the isolation plate is preferably made of a material with low heat conductivity.
- a cooling element 440 is constructed from a first 441 and second 442 cooling plate.
- a machined cooling channel 443 having channel openings 443a, 443b.
- a fluid can flow into the cooling channel 443 or out from the cooling channel 443 through the channel openings 443a, 443b.
- the cooling channel 443 is formed in a meandering pattern from the first channel opening 443a towards the second channel opening 443b.
- the pulp mould is produced in the following manner.
- a basic mould (not shown) is used as is known per se, e.g. made of synthetic graphite or stainless steel.
- graphite provides a certain advantage in some cases, since it is extremely form stable in varying temperature ranges, i.e. heat expansion is very limited.
- stainless steel maybe preferred in other cases, i.e. depending on the configuration of the mould, since stainless steel has a heat expansion that is similar to the heat expansion of the sintered body (e.g. if mainly comprising bronze) such that during the cooling (after sintering) the sintered body and the basic mould contracts substantially equally.
- moulding face that corresponds to the moulding surface 130, 230 and also non-forming surfaces 160, 260 of the pulp mould (that is to be produced), which moulding face may be produced in many different ways known in the art, e.g. by the use of conventional machining techniques. Since a very smooth surface of the pulp mould is desirable the finish of the surface of the moulding face should preferably be of high quality. However, the precision, i.e. exact measurement, must not be extremely high, since an advantage with the invention is that high quality moulded pulp products may be achieved even if moderate tolerances are used for the configuration of the pulp mould.
- the first heat pressing action when producing a moulded pulp product according to the invention, creates a kind of impulse impact within the fibre material trapped in the void 300 between the two mould halves 100, 200, that forces the free liquid out of the web in a homogeneous manner, despite possible variations of web thickness, which as a result provides a substantially even moisture content within the whole web.
- the basic moulds with tolerances that allow cost efficient machining.
- the whole portion of the formed surface of the basic mould is arranged with an even layer of the very fine particles, that will form the surface 130, 230; 160, 260of the pulp mould, which is performed by providing a thin layer to the basic mould that will adhere the particles 131, 231 of the surface layer 130, 230; 160, 260.
- This may be achieved in many different ways, for instance by applying a thin sticky layer (e.g. wax, starch, etc.) on to the basic mould, e.g. by means of spray or by applying it with a cloth. Once the sticky layer has been applied an excessive amount of the fine particles 131, 231 (which form the surface layer of the pulp mould) are poured into the mould.
- a thin sticky layer e.g. wax, starch, etc.
- the sintered body 100, 200 is thereafter taken out of the basic mould and the sharp pointed objects taken out from the body, which is especially easy if these are conical.(It may be preferred to apply the "nails” to a plate, which allows for introduction and removal of the "nails” in an efficient manner).
- the rear surface of the pulp mould 140, 240 preferably is machined in order to obtain a totally flat supporting surface.
- the provision of a flat surface leads to advantages, since firstly it facilitate exact positioning of the mould half 100, 200 onto a supporting plate 410, secondly it provides for transmitting the applied pressure evenly through the whole mould 100, 200 and finally it provides a very good interface for transmitting heat, e.g. from the support plate 410. However, it is understood that there is no need to always use a totally flat surfaces, but that in many cases the substantially plane surface that is achieved directly after the sintering is sufficient.
- some parts 160, 260 of the surface 130,230; 160, 260 are not used to form a pulp object, but there are peripheral surfaces 160, 260 that will not be used to form a pulp object. As a consequence, these surfaces 160, 260 are given a permeability that is substantially smaller than the moulding surfaces 130, 230. As mentioned above, this may be achieved by applying a thin impermeable layer 161, 261 having appropriate properties, e.g. any kind of paint having sufficient strength durability to maintain its impermeable function when used under operating conditions.
- the pulp moulds 100, 200 are operated by pressing the moulds 100, 200 together so that the moulding surfaces 130, 230 face each other.
- a wet fibrous content is arranged on one of the moulding surfaces 130, 230, preferably by means of suction.
- the pulp moulds 100, 200 can be heated during the pressing operation and the resulting temperature at the moulding surfaces is preferably above 200 0 C, most preferred around 220 0 C.
- the steam can evacuate the pulp moulds 100, 200 by means of the porosity of moulding surface 130, 230, the support structure 120, 220, the base structure 110, 210 and the plurality of drainage channels 130, 230.
- Means of vacuum suction can further increase the evacuation speed and increase the amount of liquid and steam leaving the fibrous content.
- the configurations of the female 200 and male 100 moulds can differ from each other.
- the sintered particles 131, 231 in the moulding surface 130, 230 may differ in sizes, i.e. 13 Id and 23 Id may have different values.
- the sintered particles 121, 221 in the support layer 120, 220 may differ in sizes, i.e. 121d and 221d may have different values.
- the sintered particles 111, 211 in the base structure 110, 210 may differ in sizes, i.e. 11 Id and 21 Id may have different values.
- the thickness 133, 233 of the moulding layer 130, 230 preferably lies within 0,01 mm - 1 mm and it is evident for the skilled person that the thickness 133 and the thickness 233 may differ from each other.
- the thicknesses of the support layer 123, 223 may also differ from each other.
- the plurality of drainage channels 150, 250 may be used in only one of the moulds 100, 200 or in none of the moulds 100, 200. Also the spatial placement of the plurality of drainage channels 150, 250 may differ between the moulds 100, 200 as well as the size parameters 0 lt 0 2 , 0 3 , tl, t2 and other shape characteristics of the plurality of drainage channels 150, 250.
- the distribution density of the plurality of drainage channels 150, 250 may also differ between the female 200 and the male 100 mould. Furthermore the skilled person realises that the plurality of drainage channels 150, 250 may differ in size and shape within an individual mould 100, 200. Furthermore the moulding surface 130, 230 may comprise particles of different materials, shapes and sizes and may be divided into different segments, each segment comprising a certain particle type. Likewise the support layer 120, 220 may comprise particles of different materials, shapes and sizes and may comprise different substantial layers, e.g. each substantial layer comprising a certain particle type.
- the support layer 120, 220 may comprise several layers where the size of the sintered particles 121, 221 gradually is increased whit the smallest particles adjacent to the moulding surface 120, 220 and the largest particles adjacent to the base structure 110, 210.
- Similar the base structure 110, 210 may comprise particles of different materials, shapes and sizes and may be divided into different substantial layers comprising, e.g. each substantial layer comprising a certain particle type.
- the shape of the sintered particles of the base structure 110, 210, the support layer 120, 220 and the moulding surface 130, 230 may for example be spherical, irregular, short fibres or of other shapes.
- the material of the sintered particles may for example be bronze, nickel based alloys, titanium, copper based alloys, stainless steel etc.
- the shape of the mould 100, 200 is decided by the wanted shape of the fibrous object and that the shape of the embodiments are by means of example.
- the pulp moulds 100, 200 are produced using a sintering technique very complex shapes can be formed.
- a graphite form or a stainless steel form can be used for the sintering process and such a graphite form or stainless steel form can easily be manufactured in a workshop in complex shapes and with high accuracy. This makes it easy and cost effective to test alternative shapes for the fibrous object.
- low production series of fibrous objects can be commercial possible due to the relative low cost of manufacturing a pulp mould 100, 200 of the present invention.
- both pulp moulds 100, 200 can be heated during operation as well as only one of the pulp moulds 100, 200 as well as none of the pulp moulds 100, 200.
- the pulp moulds 100, 200 can be heated in a wide variety of ways, a heated metal plate 410 can be attached to the bottom 140, 240 of the pulp moulds 100, 200, hot air can be blown at the pulp mouldl 00, 200, heating elements can be added inside the base structure 110, 210, a gas flame can heat the pulp mould 100, 200, inductive heat may be applied, microwaves may be used, etc.
- a vacuum source can be applied to the bottom 140, 240 of both pulp moulds 100, 200, as well as to the bottom 140, 240 of only one of the pulp moulds 100, 200, as well as to none of the pulp moulds 100, 200.
- the source of pressing the pulp mould 100, 200 together can be imposed on both pulp moulds 100, 200 or to only one of the pulp moulds 100, 200 fixating the other pulp mould 200, 100.
- one of the pulp moulds 100, 200 could be used as a stand alone forming tool, to form a wet fibrous object in a conventional manner, i.e. normally by means of suction and thereafter normally dried in an oven, i.e. without any pressing steps.
- the voids 114, 214, 124, 224 can be filled with particles of appropriate sizes depending of the manufacturing technique used in creating the sintered pulp mould 100, 200. Moreover in some situations there might not be necessary to have an outermost layer having such small particles as the moulding surface 130, 230 of the invention. It is to be understood that the pulp mould of the invention can be used without the moulding layer, i.e. the support layer 120, 220 on top of the base structure 110, 210, as well as only the base structure 110, 210 as the outermost layer. For instance in the forming step of the pulp moulding process, the pulp mould 100, 200 may have larger particles in the outermost layer than in forthcoming pressing steps.
- the drainage channels 150, 250 could have its pointed opening 0 3 anywhere in the interval from the border between the base structure 110, 210 and the support layer 120, 220 till the border between the moulding surface 130, 230 and the forming space 300.
- the mating is a close match as possible and preferably every suction opening 412 always mate a corresponding bottom opening 0i, but of course the invention is not limited to a perfect match rather the suction openings 412 could differ in diameters contra the bottom openings 0 ⁇ and the number of suction openings 412 could be larger as well as smaller than the corresponding bottom openings 0i.
- the pulp mould 100, 200 preferably are constructed by metal particles and since the pulp mould does not have a relief shape, i.e.
- the thickness of the pulp mould 100, 200 is not constant following the contour of the pulp moulded object, but has preferably a flat bottom 140 resulting in that the thickness of the pulp mould 100, 200 varies depending of the shape of the pulp moulded object, the pulp mould is able to withstand very high pressure without deforming or collapsing compared to a pulp 100, 200 mould having a relief shape and/or comprised by a material of less strength, for instance glass beads.
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